The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) don arraign one man, Ndubisi Kenechukwu Ugonna, for Abuja, before Justice E. Okpe of the FCT High Court, Gudu, over alleged $500,000 advance fee fraud.

According to the EFCC, Ugonna allegedly scammed one Kofoworola Olagunju of Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($500,000) sometime in 2020, by pretending say he get connection to invest in global security on Olagunju’s behalf.

“That you, Ndubisi Kenechukwu Ugonna, sometime in 2020 in Abuja… did obtain the total sum of $500,000 from one Kofoworola Olagunju under the false pretence that you had capacity to invest in global security… which pretence you knew to be false…”

 

EFCC say this act violate Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and e dey punishable under Section 1(3) of the same law.

• Ugonna plead “not guilty.”

• EFCC lawyer, Joshua Saidi, ask the court for a trial date and say make dem remand the accused for prison.

• Defence counsel beg say make dem keep am for EFCC custody, not prison, since him bail application still dey pending.

• Judge E. Okpe adjourn the case to September 25, 2025, for bail hearing.

• He order say make Ndubisi Ugonna go Kuje Correctional Centre for the main time.

If convicted, Ugonna face heavy penalty under Nigerian anti-fraud law. EFCC don continue dey clamp down on people involved in advance fee fraud, online scams, and fake investment schemes.